blue moon

as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time once in a blue moon we'll get dressed up and eat in a fancy restaurant

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Recent Examples of blue moon The Oilers were caught unaware because offer sheets are rare, and dual offer sheets happen just once in a very blue moon. Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024 Tuesday's supermoon will mark the second of four consecutive supermoons, the next being Thursday, Oct. 17: Aug. 19: super blue moon Sept. 17: supermoon, harvest moon and partial lunar eclipse Oct. 17: supermoon Nov. 15: supermoon More:Missed the rare super blue moon? Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Sep. 2024 This month’s rare super blue moon peaks at 11:25 a.m. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024 Whenever that happens, astronomers call the third full moon a seasonal blue moon. John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue moon 
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Noun
  • One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • Recommended Joy Five years after fire, a shining Notre Dame is ready to reopen its doors Underpinning the currency appreciation is a new tax amnesty to lure Argentines to declare their hidden United States dollar savings – longs squirreled away in offshore bank accounts and under mattresses.
    Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Margaret, bound by her royal duties, longs for more spontaneity; Stacy wouldn’t mind being a fancy royal for a day or so.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • An item your heart was set on may be delayed during the Scorpio moon.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • On the 25th, the Scorpio moon could easily trigger a slip of the tongue.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • Then, in 2021, astronomers measured the speed of expansion of a nebula known as Pa 30, which enabled them to determine its age: around 1,000 years, roughly coinciding with the recorded appearance of SN1181.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Carter will be buried in Plains, Georgia, next to his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died at age 96 last year.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Blue moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20moon. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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